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BACK TO NATURE—This student turns his back on the shade, preferring a place in the sun as he finishes his lunch Tuesday afternoon. The warm weather has tempted many students to invade local beaches, but true scholars manage to catch the sun's rays on campus. DT photo by Paul Rodriguez.
Board tables revision of academic calendar
Trustees in October, 1976, called for finals to end prior to the winter break. *
Settles stipulated some of the advantages of changing the calendar would include the opportunity for seniors to get a small head start in the job market by being finished with school a few weeks early.
Another advantage. Settles said, would be for students to have their required semester work and examinations completed before Christmas, rather than the current two-week break followed by two weeks of exams.
Settles felt the new calendar ■ would also give the students the chance to enjoy their vacations to the fullest extent without worrying about work waiting for them upon their return.
By Jim Saenz
Staff Writer
University executives and trustees reacted unfavorably to proposed academic calendar changes, causing a slowing in the revision process.
After the Student Senate voted to endorse the calendar revision, the proposal went to a meeting of the President's Advisory Council’s Executive Committee and the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, said Mark Kaufman, director of Academic Affairs of the Student Senate.
The revision was tabled by the board until concrete evidence that the university (budget) would not be adversely affected was apparent, Kaufman said.
Kaufman said the main reason for the rejection was the possible loss of junior college transfer students between semesters.
“The big problem is simply that the schedule wouldn’t coincide with most college semester schedules, and that these students would have to start their classes after the new semester began,” he said.
The proposal to change the academic calendar to allow for the fall semester to end before Christmas was brought to the Senate by Craig Settles, President of Trojan Hall and student senator.
The Settles proposal would have placed fall semester registration and commencement of classes in late August, with final examinations ending December 21.
Spring registration and classes would have begun in late January, with finals finishing in the third week of May.
A previous proposal, which was rejected by the Board of
Daily f Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXIII, Number 62 Los Angeles, California Wednesday, May 17, 1978
Campus Security officers file suit charging university violated rights
By Pamela Samuels
Staff Writer
Three Campus Security officers have filed a class action suit with the Los Angeles Superior Court charging that the university has denied them their First Amendment right to freedom of
speech.
The plaintiffs in the case, Charles Robb, Russell Peterson and Lawrence Kepiro filed the suit, along with an injunction on March 31. The injunction would prevent the university from infringing on their rights until a decision has been determined in the case.
Other charges being made by the plantiffs include denial of freedom of association, defamation, affliction of mental distress and interference with civil rights.
Besides the university, defendants named in the case include President John Hubbard; Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president of business affairs; Robert Biller, dean of public administration and Carl Levredge, director of security and parking operations.
The officers filed suit after receiving reprimands for statements they made to the Daily Trojan and in the KABC-TV series “Crime on Campus.”
The officers were prohibited from talking to the press and Robb received a 60-day suspension for statements he made on the KABC series.
On May 12, the American Civil Liberties Union entered the case, functioning as a second attorney for the plaintiffs.
In question is the legality of the policies practiced by the department under “Ethics and Guidelines of the University of Southern California for Campus Security.” These regulations under the “criticism” section of the guidelines prohibit members from communicating “information of a critical nature concerning the department or its members” to any person or agency without first submitting a complete written report.
Officials are not allowed to publicly criticize official acts of any member of the department or any department of the university.
They are not allowed to “speak critically or de-
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rogatorily” to other officers or persons outside the department, regarding orders issued by supervisors.
Officers cannot address public gatherings, appear on radio or television programs or write articles or manuscripts for publication using the university name or seal.
Regulations also state that “the press shall not be used as a means of publicity for personal reasons.”
The university representatives claim that since it is a private institution it is immune to the imperatives of the constitution, since freedom of speech applies to the infringement of rights by the government and does not cover private acts.
The ACLU has charged that the constitution does apply because the university’s government associations.
“The university can no longer seek shelter behind an argument that it is a purely ‘private’ institution because the government is so extensively entwined in this particular university,” said the ACLU brief.
The university defends its actions in a court brief stating that “USC is a private university, not a government entity thus the university is not bound by the First Amendment strictures.”
They argue further that “in any event, if USC were bound by the requirements of the First Amendment, USC’s regulations do not violate the Constitution.”
The issue that the regulations are specific only to the campus security department exclusively is also of concern. “They should have the same rights of free expression as the most renown scholar. A certain class of workers shouldn’t be singled out. They certainly wouldn’t do this to their professors,” said an ACLU representative.
“There have been no allegations that these people did not perform their duties. Their entire crime was that they spoke outloud,” he continued.
After the ACLU entered the case the university requested additional time to consider the brief submitted by the organization. The university was granted ten working days before a hearing date will be set.
New football lottery plan devised
By David Watson
Staff Writer
Students will be able to participate in a seasonal lottery for football tickets next fall as well as a game-by-game lottery. The price of activity books will also increase to $25 for next year.
Patricia Tyner, ticket office
Fund-raising campaign passes halfway point
By Merilynne Cohen
Awlitant City Editor
The Toward Century II campaign has met over half of its goal of $265 million, said Bing Cherrie, director of Century II development.
The campaign has raised $161,209,438 in pledges, approximately $113 million of which are pledge payments and gifts.
“The program is ahead of target and we will eventually reach our objectives,” Cherrie said.
Two sources of the campaign, university trustees and private and nonprofit foundations, have already exceeded their projected contributions and represent the campaign's largest sources to date, according to figures released by Cherrie.
Corporations and university support groups, such as Cardinal and Gold, who are annual contributors to the university, are also close to meeting projected contributions.
Several individuals have contributed to the campaign in the form of trusts and bequests, from which the university will receive funds at a later date or after the death of a contributor. These promised sources of money have been included into the total received to date.
The funds received have led to the establishment of about 40 new chairs and professorships at the university. The funds from the campaign will provide for the salary of the professor, research funds, secretarial staff and supplies.
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manager, said the seasonal lottery will be conducted in the same manner as the game-by-game lottery and the ticket office is encouraging students to participate in the new lottery.
Students who participate in the seasonal lottery will place game coupons for Michigan State, Oregon State, California and Washington in an envelope which the ticket office will make available on campus during the week of Sept. 11.
A limit of 16 coupons will be accepted in one envelope. Student season tickets will be distributed during the week of Sept. 25.
Students who wish to participate in the lottery on a game-by-game basis will be permitted to turn in game coupons the Monday and Tuesday of the week of a Saturday home football game.
The ticket office will select and fill the envelopes with the corresponding number of game tickets on Wednesday of that week, and students may then pick up their set of tickets on Thursday or Friday.
Students who participate in the seasonal lottery will not be assigned the same seats for every home game, Tyner said.
A person participating in the seasonal lottery will have to sit with the same people every week at the games, however.
The Trojan Knights, a men’s service organization, will be checking student identification cards at all home football games in an effort to discourage students from selling activity cards.
People who have tickets for the student section but do not have an identification card will be seated in an overflow section in the bleachers located in the east end of the Coliseum.
Student activity books for students’ spouses will be available and may be purchased next fall by showing a valid marriage license.
Tyner said the Knights will have to allow the spouses to enter the Coliseum without student identification.
She said the five-dollar increase in the price of the books was mainly the result of inflation. The yearbook will receive $1 of the increase, 50 cents will be used to fund the lottery process and the remaining $3.50 will go to the athletic department. *
A special lottery will be held for the UCLA and Notre Dame games. The lottery procedure for these games will be announced in September.
Students may purchase only one activity book and must present a paid fee bill, student
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BACK TO NATURE—This student turns his back on the shade, preferring a place in the sun as he finishes his lunch Tuesday afternoon. The warm weather has tempted many students to invade local beaches, but true scholars manage to catch the sun's rays on campus. DT photo by Paul Rodriguez.
Board tables revision of academic calendar
Trustees in October, 1976, called for finals to end prior to the winter break. *
Settles stipulated some of the advantages of changing the calendar would include the opportunity for seniors to get a small head start in the job market by being finished with school a few weeks early.
Another advantage. Settles said, would be for students to have their required semester work and examinations completed before Christmas, rather than the current two-week break followed by two weeks of exams.
Settles felt the new calendar ■ would also give the students the chance to enjoy their vacations to the fullest extent without worrying about work waiting for them upon their return.
By Jim Saenz
Staff Writer
University executives and trustees reacted unfavorably to proposed academic calendar changes, causing a slowing in the revision process.
After the Student Senate voted to endorse the calendar revision, the proposal went to a meeting of the President's Advisory Council’s Executive Committee and the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, said Mark Kaufman, director of Academic Affairs of the Student Senate.
The revision was tabled by the board until concrete evidence that the university (budget) would not be adversely affected was apparent, Kaufman said.
Kaufman said the main reason for the rejection was the possible loss of junior college transfer students between semesters.
“The big problem is simply that the schedule wouldn’t coincide with most college semester schedules, and that these students would have to start their classes after the new semester began,” he said.
The proposal to change the academic calendar to allow for the fall semester to end before Christmas was brought to the Senate by Craig Settles, President of Trojan Hall and student senator.
The Settles proposal would have placed fall semester registration and commencement of classes in late August, with final examinations ending December 21.
Spring registration and classes would have begun in late January, with finals finishing in the third week of May.
A previous proposal, which was rejected by the Board of
Daily f Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXIII, Number 62 Los Angeles, California Wednesday, May 17, 1978
Campus Security officers file suit charging university violated rights
By Pamela Samuels
Staff Writer
Three Campus Security officers have filed a class action suit with the Los Angeles Superior Court charging that the university has denied them their First Amendment right to freedom of
speech.
The plaintiffs in the case, Charles Robb, Russell Peterson and Lawrence Kepiro filed the suit, along with an injunction on March 31. The injunction would prevent the university from infringing on their rights until a decision has been determined in the case.
Other charges being made by the plantiffs include denial of freedom of association, defamation, affliction of mental distress and interference with civil rights.
Besides the university, defendants named in the case include President John Hubbard; Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president of business affairs; Robert Biller, dean of public administration and Carl Levredge, director of security and parking operations.
The officers filed suit after receiving reprimands for statements they made to the Daily Trojan and in the KABC-TV series “Crime on Campus.”
The officers were prohibited from talking to the press and Robb received a 60-day suspension for statements he made on the KABC series.
On May 12, the American Civil Liberties Union entered the case, functioning as a second attorney for the plaintiffs.
In question is the legality of the policies practiced by the department under “Ethics and Guidelines of the University of Southern California for Campus Security.” These regulations under the “criticism” section of the guidelines prohibit members from communicating “information of a critical nature concerning the department or its members” to any person or agency without first submitting a complete written report.
Officials are not allowed to publicly criticize official acts of any member of the department or any department of the university.
They are not allowed to “speak critically or de-
ACT/VITY BOOK PRICE TO RISE
rogatorily” to other officers or persons outside the department, regarding orders issued by supervisors.
Officers cannot address public gatherings, appear on radio or television programs or write articles or manuscripts for publication using the university name or seal.
Regulations also state that “the press shall not be used as a means of publicity for personal reasons.”
The university representatives claim that since it is a private institution it is immune to the imperatives of the constitution, since freedom of speech applies to the infringement of rights by the government and does not cover private acts.
The ACLU has charged that the constitution does apply because the university’s government associations.
“The university can no longer seek shelter behind an argument that it is a purely ‘private’ institution because the government is so extensively entwined in this particular university,” said the ACLU brief.
The university defends its actions in a court brief stating that “USC is a private university, not a government entity thus the university is not bound by the First Amendment strictures.”
They argue further that “in any event, if USC were bound by the requirements of the First Amendment, USC’s regulations do not violate the Constitution.”
The issue that the regulations are specific only to the campus security department exclusively is also of concern. “They should have the same rights of free expression as the most renown scholar. A certain class of workers shouldn’t be singled out. They certainly wouldn’t do this to their professors,” said an ACLU representative.
“There have been no allegations that these people did not perform their duties. Their entire crime was that they spoke outloud,” he continued.
After the ACLU entered the case the university requested additional time to consider the brief submitted by the organization. The university was granted ten working days before a hearing date will be set.
New football lottery plan devised
By David Watson
Staff Writer
Students will be able to participate in a seasonal lottery for football tickets next fall as well as a game-by-game lottery. The price of activity books will also increase to $25 for next year.
Patricia Tyner, ticket office
Fund-raising campaign passes halfway point
By Merilynne Cohen
Awlitant City Editor
The Toward Century II campaign has met over half of its goal of $265 million, said Bing Cherrie, director of Century II development.
The campaign has raised $161,209,438 in pledges, approximately $113 million of which are pledge payments and gifts.
“The program is ahead of target and we will eventually reach our objectives,” Cherrie said.
Two sources of the campaign, university trustees and private and nonprofit foundations, have already exceeded their projected contributions and represent the campaign's largest sources to date, according to figures released by Cherrie.
Corporations and university support groups, such as Cardinal and Gold, who are annual contributors to the university, are also close to meeting projected contributions.
Several individuals have contributed to the campaign in the form of trusts and bequests, from which the university will receive funds at a later date or after the death of a contributor. These promised sources of money have been included into the total received to date.
The funds received have led to the establishment of about 40 new chairs and professorships at the university. The funds from the campaign will provide for the salary of the professor, research funds, secretarial staff and supplies.
(continued on page 2)
manager, said the seasonal lottery will be conducted in the same manner as the game-by-game lottery and the ticket office is encouraging students to participate in the new lottery.
Students who participate in the seasonal lottery will place game coupons for Michigan State, Oregon State, California and Washington in an envelope which the ticket office will make available on campus during the week of Sept. 11.
A limit of 16 coupons will be accepted in one envelope. Student season tickets will be distributed during the week of Sept. 25.
Students who wish to participate in the lottery on a game-by-game basis will be permitted to turn in game coupons the Monday and Tuesday of the week of a Saturday home football game.
The ticket office will select and fill the envelopes with the corresponding number of game tickets on Wednesday of that week, and students may then pick up their set of tickets on Thursday or Friday.
Students who participate in the seasonal lottery will not be assigned the same seats for every home game, Tyner said.
A person participating in the seasonal lottery will have to sit with the same people every week at the games, however.
The Trojan Knights, a men’s service organization, will be checking student identification cards at all home football games in an effort to discourage students from selling activity cards.
People who have tickets for the student section but do not have an identification card will be seated in an overflow section in the bleachers located in the east end of the Coliseum.
Student activity books for students’ spouses will be available and may be purchased next fall by showing a valid marriage license.
Tyner said the Knights will have to allow the spouses to enter the Coliseum without student identification.
She said the five-dollar increase in the price of the books was mainly the result of inflation. The yearbook will receive $1 of the increase, 50 cents will be used to fund the lottery process and the remaining $3.50 will go to the athletic department. *
A special lottery will be held for the UCLA and Notre Dame games. The lottery procedure for these games will be announced in September.
Students may purchase only one activity book and must present a paid fee bill, student
f continued on page 2)